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Blogger instructions
for Blogger.com
1) Go to Blogger.com (http://new.blogger.com) 2) See Create Your Own Blog!
Click the "Start Now" button. You should see these fields:
3) Complete the form, write down the user name and password you choose and click "Sign Up." 4) At the main blogger screen, look for the “Create a new blog” button and click it.
5) You should see the "CREATE A BLOG" screen:
Choose a title which describes the theme of your web log (blog), and type a short description of the purpose for the blog or other introductory comments. Leave Yes at the Public Blog.
Click Next
6) If you have a website, check "FTP it to your own server." Click Next. [If you don't have a web page of your own,
select
"Host it at Blog Spot" and follow their instructions.]
7) The following illustration shows
you how
to configure your blog information so that the blog html file will be
uploaded
to your Web space space.
You should see the following screen, with
your mason
server account information indicated. (You can name your blog whatever
you want - no spaces in the file name. The name of the
blog
file in the URL "box" (below) and the name in the
Blog filename
"box" must match. Insert your ISP (Internet Service Provider) username
in the Server Login "box" and insert your Internet password in
the
Password
window.
8) REMEMBER THE FILE NAME OF YOUR BLOGGER!
[If
you can't remember it, you can use an ftp program to see it in your Web
space.]
9) Choose a template (different
graphical
designs for your blog site) and click Finish
10) Write your blog text
and Post
and Publish it.:
After a moment, you should see a "page"
similar
to this one:
 This page contains all the information you
will
need to post to comments to your web log.
Include a title in the "Title" box.
Type the text you want to appear in the
box below
the title box. Then select Post & Publish. (See
arrow, above.)
To see your web log, wait a few moments,
and then
type in the address you created for your web log.
11) Posting future blogs:
To add comments to your web log, simply go
to blogger.com,
sign in on the right-hand side of the page, and click on the name of
the
web log (also on the right-hand side of the page) to which you want to
add information.
Check your blog by entering the URL you have created for it. [If
you posted it in your Web space, the Web address should look something
like: yourblogname
[Verify the name of your blog you typed in #7, above. Substitute your
Web
space URL for mine.]
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